It Is Amazing What Goes Into Making One Of These Awesome Metal ”Wood Grain” Rings

One talented metal smith made this stunning ring by hand. Seeing the finished ring, it looks beautiful, but it's even more impressive when you know how much effort went into creating it. This ring was made using the Japanese mokume-gane technique. The term "mokume-gane" roughly translates to wood grain and the technique involves fusing many thin sheets of metal to create a pattern similar to wood grain. Sounds difficult? Well, it is! Let's see how it's done!

You start out with thin plates of brass and copper. There needs to be two colors of metal to create the effect.

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